List of rock musicals

The following is a list of rock musicals organized chronologically by the date when the original major run of the musical began, and noting who wrote the book, lyrics and music of each piece.
*1960 "Bye Bye Birdie" book by Michael Stewart, lyrics by Lee Adams, and music by Charles Strouse
*1967 "Hair" written by James Rado, Gerome Ragni and Galt MacDermot. [http://www.musicals101.com/1970bway1.htm Kenrick, John, "The 1970s: Part I - Rock Musicals" article at the Musicals101 website] ] Wollman, Elizabeth Lara, "The Theatre Will Rock: A History of the Rock Musical from Hair to Hedwig" (University of Michigan Press, 2006)] [http://search.japantimes.co.jp/cgi-bin/ft20060309a2.html Brasor, Philip, "A thumbnail history of the rock musical, March 9, 2006] ]
*1968 "Your Own Thing" by Hal Hester and Danny Apolinar
*1970 "Jesus Christ Superstar" by Tim Rice and Andrew Lloyd Webber
*1971 "Godspell" by Stephen Schwartz and John-Michael Tebelak.
*1971 "Two Gentlemen of Verona" by John Guare, Mel Shapiro, and Galt MacDermot
*1972 "Grease" by Jim Jacobs and Warren Casey
*1972 "Pippin" by Stephen Schwartz, Roger O. Hirson and Bob Fosse
*1973 "The Rocky Horror Show" by Richard O'Brien
*1974 "Phantom of the Paradise" by Brian De Palma and Paul Williams
*1975 "The Lieutenant" by Gene Curty, Nitra Scharfman and Chuck Strand
*1975 "The Wiz" by Charlie Smalls
*1976 "Evita" by Tim Rice and Andrew Lloyd Webber
*1976 "Rockabye Hamlet" by Cliff Jones
*1978 "Jeff Wayne's Musical Version of The War of the Worlds" by Jeff Wayne
*1978 "Working" by Stephen Schwartz and Nina Faso, music and lyrics by Schwartz, Craig Carnelia, Micki Grant, James Taylor and others
*1980 "Les Misérables" by Claude-Michel Schönberg and Alain Boublil
*1982 "Little Shop of Horrors" by Howard Ashman and Alan Menken
*1983 "Blood Brothers" by Willy Russell
*1984 "Chess" by Tim Rice, Björn Ulvaeus and Benny Andersson
*1984 "Starlight Express" by Andrew Lloyd Webber
*1988 "Lāčplēsis (rock opera)" by Zigmārs Liepiņš and Māra Zālīte
*1989 "" by Pete Townshend (based on Ted Hughes' book "The Iron Man").
*1989 "Miss Saigon" by Claude-Michel Schönberg and Alain Boublil
*1990 "Paris" by Jon English and David Mackay
*1993 "Randy Newman's Faust by Randy Newman
*1993 "Tommy" by Pete Townshend, adaptation of The Who's rock opera
*1995 "" songs by Buddy Holly and others
*1996 "Rent" by Jonathan Larson
*1996 "Martin Guerre"
*1997 "Jekyll and Hyde"
*1997 "The Lion King" by Elton John and Tim Rice
*1997 "" by Laurence O'Keefe
*1997 "Tanz der Vampire" by Jim Steinman (2002 as "Dance of the Vampires")
*1998 "Hedwig and the Angry Inch" by John Cameron Mitchell
*1998 "Kat and the Kings" by Taliep Peterson and David Kramer
*1998 "Quadrophenia" by Pete Townshend, adaptation of The Who's rock opera
*1999 "Mamma Mia!" by Catherine Johnson based on the songs of ABBA
*2000 "Aida" by Elton John and Tim Rice based on Giuseppe Verdi's classical opera "Aida"
*2000 "Bare, a Pop Opera" by Jon Hartmere, Jr. and Damon Intrabartolo
*2001 "Moulin Rouge!" by Craig Pearce and Baz Luhrmann
*2001 "Peggy Sue Got Married" by Bob Gaudio and Jerry Leichtling
*2002 "We Will Rock You" featuring the music of Queen, book by Ben Elton
*2003 "Avenue Q" by Robert Lopez and Jeff Marx
*2003 "Caroline, or Change" by Jeanine Tesori and Tony Kushner
*2003 "" by Stewart Lee and Richard Thomas, based on the television show The Jerry Springer Show
*2004 "Wicked" by Stephen Schwartz
*2005 "Bleach" by Studio Pierrot based on "Bleach" by Tite Kubo
*2005 "Jersey Boys" by Bob Gaudio and Bob Crewe
*2006 "Tenacious D in The Pick of Destiny" by Jack Black and Kyle Gass
*2006 "Spring Awakening" by Duncan Sheik and Steven Sater. (Based on the play by Frank Wedekind)
*2008 "Repo! The Genetic Opera" by Darren Smith and Terrance Zdunich
*2008 "Passing Strange" by Stew
*2008 "In the Heights" by Lin-Manuel Miranda and Quiara Alegría Hudes

ee also

Rock opera

Notes

References

*Everett, William A. and Paul R. Laird, "The Cambridge Companion to the Musical" (2002) Cambridge University Press, pp. 231-33 ISBN 0521796393.